Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWatch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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